Pocket-knife.



W. M. IRICK.

POCKET KNIFE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED un. 12, 1911.

1,012,555. Patented 110111111911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM lVI. IRICK, 0F SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 JAMESB. GANONG, OF SAN ANGELO, TEXAS.

POCKET-KNIFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Application filed April 12, 1911. Serial No. 620,639.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. IRICK, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of San Angelo, in the county of Torn Green and State ofTexas, have invented a new and Improved Pocket-Knife, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates generally to pocket knives and more particularlyinvolves one having the handle portion thereof provided with a suitablesharpening device.

The object of my invention is to provide a pocket knife having a whetstone or other suitable sharpening material provided in one side of thehandle thereof, this handle portion being removably secured to thebolsters of the knife, together with convenient means permitting theremoval of the handle portion when it is desired to use the stone orsharpening material.

While I have shown my invention applied to a pocket knife, it is obviousthat it may be applied to the handle portion of any knife, such as abutcher knife or a hunting knife.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis speciication, in which like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a sideView of a pocket knife embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontalsectional view thereof, on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side viewof the knife showing the handle portion removed; Fig. 4 is a side viewof the detached handle portion showing the sharpening material; Fig. 5is a vertical section al view, on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

The handle portion of my knife is provided with the usual scale pieces1, 2, together with bolsters 3, 4, each pair of bolsters being suitablyheld together by means of rivets 5, 6, each rivet forming a bearing fora blade 7, 8. Each scale piece l, 2, is removable and the inner portionthereof is provided with a whet stone or a piece of carborundum 9 whichis suitably held in position thereon. The inside face of each of thescale pieces is provided with a longitudinally extending portion 10having normally projecting parts 11, 12, at opposite ends thereof, whichprojecting ends, together with the portion 10, constitute a pocket. Theportions 10 at one end of each scale piece are extended whereby a member14 results which is adapted to be received in a recess l5 contained ineach of the bolsters 3 and adjacent the lower portion thereof. Each ofthe scale pieces is suitably secured to the portions 10 by means ofrivets 16, 17. Each scale piece adjacent one of its ends and at itsinner side portion is provided with a longitudinally extending slottedportion 18, each portion communieating with a recess adjacent the outerface of the scale piece, which recess is adapted to have a suitablebearing member 19 placed therein, which member is provided with anopening 20 within which the pin 21 is movable. In each of the recesses18 a catch 22 is seated, one end of the catch being engaged in asuitable recess 23 contained in the bolster 4. The pin 21 is providedwith a suitable gripping portion 25, the upper edge of which is whollyincluded within the bearing member 1S) whereby no projecting partsresult, the end 25 being freely movable back and forth within thisbearing member. The material 9 which forms the whet stone or othersharpening element is brought into position for use by sliding the pin21 (as shown in Fig. 2) to the left, thereby carrying the catch 22 outof engagement with the bolster 4 when the scale piece may be easilylifted out, the recess 15 in the opposite bolster 3 being convenientlyshaped to permit the extending part 11 to be freely withdrawn.

Vhile I have shown my invention in a single embodiment, it is obviousthat many changes may be made in the construction thereof withoutdeparting from the spirit' of the invention as defined in the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A pocket knife having the scale piece thereofprovided with a longitudinally extending member on its inner face,projecting parts adjacent the ends of the said longitudinally extendingmember whereby a pocket is formed, a suitable sharpening materialcontained y'in the said pocket, one end of the said longitudinallyextending member being provided with an extended portion, a recess inthe inner portion of the said scale piece, and adjacent the opposite endof the said longitudinally extending member, a movable member containedin the said recess and having a transversely extending gripping portionat one end thereof passing through the said scale piece, the bolsters ofthe knife being provided with recesses receiving the said extendedportion and one end of the said movable member, whereby the said scalepiece with the sharpening material thereon is suitably held in position.y

2. A pocket knife having the scale piece thereof provided with alongitudinally extending member on its inner face, projecting partsadjacent the ends of the said member whereby a pocket is formed, asuitable sharpening material contained in the said pocket, one end ofthe said longitudinally extending member being provided with an extendedportion, a recess inthe inner portion of the said scale piece andadjacent the opposite end of the said longitudinally extending member, arecess adjacent the outer face of the said scale piece, a movable membercontained in the first said recess, a pin carried by the said movablemember having at its outer end a gripping portion movable in the recessin the outer face of the said scale piece, the bolsters of the knife atopposite ends thereof being provided with recesses receiving the saidextended portion and one end of the said movable member, whereby thesaid scale piece with the sharpening material thereon is held inposition.

3. A pocket knife having the scale piece thereof provided with alongitudinally extending member on its inner face, projecting partsadjacent the ends of the said longitudinally extending member whereby apocket is formed, means for holding the said member on the said scalepiece, one end of the longitudinally extending member being providedwith an extended portion, a recess in the inner portion of the saidscale piece and adjacent the opposite end of the said longitudinallyextending member, a catch contained in the said recess, one end of thecatch being provided with a pin and the pin being provided with agripping portion, a recess in the outer face of the said scale pieceinto which the said pin and gripping portion extend, the said catchbeing rmovable within the first recess and the said gripping portionbeing movable within the second recess, the opposite bolsters of theknife being provided with recesses, one of which is adapted to receivethel said extended portion, and the other adapted to receive one end ofthe said movable member, whereby the said scale and the sharpeningmaterial thereon is held in position.

4L. A pocket knife having the scale piece thereof provided with alongitudinally extending member on its inner face, projecting partsadjacent the ends of the said longitudinally extending member whereby apocket is formed, means for holding the said longitudinally extendingmember on the said scale piece, a suitable sharpening material containedin the vsaid pocket, one end of the longitudinally extending memberbeing provided with an extended portion, a recess in the inner portionof the said scale piece and adjacent the opposite end of the saidlongitudinally extending member, a recess in the outer portion of thesaid scale piece and communicating with the first-mentioned recess, acatch contained in the first-mentioned rel cess and movable therein, thesaid catch being provided with a pin and a gripping portion movablewithin the said second recess, the said gripping member being whollyincluded within the said recess whereby no projecting portions result,the opposite bolsters of the knife beingprovided with recesses, one ofthe said recesses adapted to receive the said extended portion and theother recess adapted to receive one end of the said catch, the saidcatch being movable in order to carry it out of engagement with the saidrecesses whereby the scale piece with the sharpening material thereonmay be brought out of engagement with the said bolsters, thereby makingthe sharpening material available.

5. A pocket knife comprising a scale piece and bolsters, one of thebolsters being provided with an opening, the scale piece being providedwith a pocket on its inner face, sharpening material contained withinthe said pocket, a projecting part at one end of the said scale pieceand adjacent the inner face thereof and adapted to engage one of thebolsters, a longitudinally extending recess in the inner portion of thesaid scale piece and adjacent the opposite end thereof, another recessin the outer portion of the said scale piece and communicating with thesaid longitudinally extending recess, a longitudinally extending memberpositioned vwithin the said inner recess and movable therein, the outerend portion thereof being will move the said member Within the saidrecess whereby the end of the said member may be brought out ofengagement in the recess in the bolster whereby the scale piece and thesharpening material thereon may be removed from the said knife.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subserlbmg wltnesses.

VILLIAM M. IRICK.

Vtnesses:

R. WV. SrnNom, MARY CoNome.

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